GIOVANNA Fletcher has opened up about the “animalistic” birth she had with son Buddy, which left him with bloodshot eyes for a month.
The mum-of-three, who is married to McFly’s Tom Fletcher, said she had gone into labour with her second child while they had been watching the BAFTAs.
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Giovanna Fletcher revealed her speedy but ‘animalistic’ birth with second son BuddyCredit: Instagram
Giovanna shared how her body ‘took over’ during the labour, which took place in a birthing poolCredit: @happymumhappybaby / TikTok
Giovanna shared the story with Pixie Lott, who was a guest on her podcastCredit: @happymumhappybaby / TikTok
Speaking on her Happy Mum, Happy Baby podcast with guest-star Pixie Lott, Giovanna shared: “My second birth was really animalistic. My body just took over.”
She shared how she started feeling cramps so knew the labour was approaching.
Giovanna, who won I’m a Celebrity in 2020, continued: “By the time we were going down the road, like on the A40, I literally couldn’t sit on the seat anymore.
“I felt like he was already on the way out.
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“It’s just that feeling of. I actually can’t sit down. When we got to the hospital they told me that I was 6cm, so great.
“Then they made me sit still for ages while they monitored me for 20 minutes, which was really infuriating.”
After 20 minutes, Giovanna said she had got up to go to the toilet, and while she was there she felt a sensation go over the bump.
She shared: “I thought that was weird. Everything felt different.”
The podcast host informed her midwife, who said she was ok to proceed into the birthing pool as she was having a water birth.
Giovanna, mum to Buzz, 11, Buddy, nine, and Max, three. recalled: “Turns out that I was 10 cm by that point. And I swear every time something was happening, I felt him.
McFly’s Tom Fletcher and Giovanna got married in 2012 and they have three sonsCredit: Getty
“I felt the baby go further down. I felt the sack pop. It was so animalistic.
“I had no control whatsoever, I just had to hold on to the side of the bath and let my body do its thing.”
She revealed she had clutched so tightly onto the bath that she couldn’t feel one of her fingers as she had “crushed it so much”.
My second birth was really animalistic. My body just took over
Giovanna Fletcher
Giovanna concluded: “It was the most wild thing where my body just expelled him.
“He was so quick that his eyes were bloodshot for a month, because of the force in which he came out.”
Giovanna revealed her son was left with bloodshot eyes for a month after the labourCredit: Instagram / mrsgifletcher
Mum guilt
Tom and Giovanna, who were childhood sweethearts and at school together, married in 2012 and have three sons.
Speaking to Reveal, Giovanna has admitted that having pursuing her career and raising a family doesn’t come without its obstacles.
“I have a lot of mummy guilt,” she said.
“When I was growing up I always say myself as a full time mum. I thought I’d stay at home, bring up my children and just not work.”
She continued: “So there is a lot of guilt. It’s just a massive juggle and I think all mums experience it at some point.”
Admitting that she can get emotional, she revealed: “I do get overwhelmed sometimes and have a good cry.
“But once it’s out, I realise everything is doable if I take it one day at a time.”
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